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PATENTED OCT. 9, 1906. G. H. PEARGE. y RAIL JOINT.

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RAIL JOINT.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM NOLAN AND OHARLES H. PEAROE,` OE ASPEN, COLORADO. ASSIGNORS or ONE-HALE To SAID NOLAN. ONE-FOURTH TO SAID PEAROE, AND ONE-FOURTH To FREDRIOK R. L EAvER, OE ASPEN,

GOLORA DO.

RAIL-JOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 9, 1906.

Application flied June 2l, 1906- Serial No. 322,770.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, WILLIAM NOLAN and CHARLES H. PEARCE, citizens of the United States7 and residents of Aspen7 in the county of Pitkin and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail-Joints, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention is an improvement in railjoints; and it consists in certain novel constructions and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is-a perspective view of a joint embodying our invention. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view oi' the'under side of the tie-plate. Fig. 3 is acrosssection of the tie and tie-plate, showing the side and intermediate ribs in the tie-plate seated in the grooves in the tie. transverse section of the rail and the joint, showing the angle-bar secured by the brace and by the abutment of its outer edge against the shoulder of the tie-plate.

In carrying out our invention the tie-plate A is provided on itsrunder side adjacent to one end with depending ribs A A near its opposite edges and with an intermediate rib A2 extending in a direction transversely to the direction of the rail and seated in use in grooves or recesses B', formed in the upper face of the tie B to aid in anchoring the tieplate securely to the tie. On its upper side the tie-plate is provided vwith the brace C, integral with the tie-plate and projecting upwardly toward its end O, where it is adapted at O2 to rest beneath the ball D of the rail D, the upper edge O2 of the brace being so related to the inner upright face C3 thereof as topermit the fitting of the upright wing E of the fishplate E between the inner end of the brace C and the web DZ-of the rail D, as shown in the drawings. The braceO at its inner end projects above the tie-plate to permit the lateral wing E2 of the fish-plate to iit beneath the brace and to abut at its outer end against a shoulder a on the tie-plate7 said shoulder preferably extending from edge to edge of the tie-plate and the tie-plate being stepped to also provide in advance of the shoulder a a shoulder a', against which the edge of the rail-base may bear, as best shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings. Y

By the described construction it will be Fig. 4 is av noticed the lateral wing of the fish-plate underlies the inner end of the brace and also abuts at its outer edge against the shoulder a of the tie-plate and is braced thereby on opposite sides of the brace, as well as beneath the brace, in the operation of the device.

The tie-plate may be spiked down or otherwise secured to the tie, as may be desired.

1. The combination substantially as herein vdescribed of the tie provided in its upper face with longitudinal channels or grooves extending in a direction at right angles to the direction of the rail applied to said tie, the tieplate secured on said tie and having dependa ing ribs entering the grooves of the tie, the said tie-plate being provided on its upper side .with an upwardly-projecting brace to bear beneath the ball of the rail and also provided beneath the outer end of said brace with a shoulder for abutment by the lateral wing of the fish-plate and with a second shoulder for abutment by the edge of a rail-base, the rail having its base abutting against its respective shoulder of 'the tie-plate and having its ball arranged in position to be supported by the brace, and the fish-plate having its upright wing fitted between the inner end of the brace and the web of the rail and its lateral wing extending outwardly beneath the brace and abutting at its outer edge the shoulder on the tie-plate, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with the rail and fishplate having an upright wing fitting the web of the rail and the lateral wing extending outwardly beyond the outer edge of the railbase, and a tie-plate having its upper face stepped providing a shoulder for abutment by the edge of the rail-base, and a second shoulder for abutment by the outer edge of the lateral wing of the fish-plate and also pro* vided with a rail-brace extending inwardly over the said shoulders and adapted to support the ball of the rail, substantially as set forth.

3. A tie-plate for rail-joints provided upon its upper face with a shoulder for abutment by the lateral wing of the fish-plate and having a rail-brace projecting inwardly over said shoulder7 combined with a feed-plate having its lateral wing extending outwardly and abutting against the Said shoulder, and the rail having its base underlying the said lat- IOO eral Wing of the fish-plate, substantially as set forth.

4. vA tie-plate for rail-joints stepped on its upper side forming shoulders for engagement by a. shplate and a rail-base and having'aJ railbraoe projecting inwardly over said shoulders7 substantially as set forth.

5. A tie-plate for rail-joints provided on its under sidevvith longitudinal ribs to seat in grooves in a tie and having upon its upper side laterally-facing shoulders kfor engagement bye rail-base, and a fish-plate and a rail-brace extending over said Shoulders, substantially as set forth.

6. The combination With a rail and a fishplate having an upright Wing fitting to the Web of the rail, land a lateral Wing extending outwardly beyond thebase of the rail, of the tie-plate stepped on its upper side forming shoulders for abutmentby the outer edges of said lateral Wing, and rail-base, and provided with a brace extending over the said shoulders, substantially as set forth.

' WILLIAM NOLAN.

CHARLES H. PEARCE. Witnesses:

M. C. MoNIoHoLs, L. A. BROWN. 

